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MINSK, 11 September (BelTA) – The Belt of Friendship made by participants of the 2nd European Games will be presented at the Modern Belarusian Statehood Museum in Minsk on 19 September, BelTA has learned from the National History Museum. The National History Museum set up a Belarusian cultural center in the Athletes' Village during the 2nd European Games, one of the most interesting sports events of 2019. Foreign tourists learned more about Belarusian national costume, household items,...

MINSK(BelTA) – The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Belkommunmash has contracted to supply 100 trolleybuses to Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, BelTA has learned. The contract provides for supplying Model 32100D trolleybuses, which have the capability to travel for up to 15km autonomously. The first shipments are scheduled to take place this year. The final shipments will be delivered in September 2020. Belkommunmash representatives noted that the signing of the large contract had...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed Decree No. 301 "On innovative projects", BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian head of state.
The document approves amendments and addenda to Belarus' innovative development program for the period of 2016-2020. The decree amends the list of projects that are critical for the country's innovative development. The list features 21 new projects. The number of measures to expand the country's innovative infrastructure is...

MINSK, 29 July (BelTA) – The First Forum of Regions of Belarus and Uzbekistan is kicking off in Minsk with themed panel discussions, BelTA has learned. The forum will feature events on industrial cooperation, the agro-industrial complex and also interaction in the humanitarian, information and communication, and scientific fields. The plenary session scheduled for 30 July will focus on regional cooperation as the key factor for the development of interstate relations. It is expected that...

MINSK, 24 July (BelTA) – The Belarusian capital is featured in CNN's pick of 20 most beautiful European cities without huge crowds of tourists. The article was posted on the website of the company. CNN offers a selection of cities where travelers do not have “to battle through huge crowds of selfie stick-wielding tourists in the likes of Venice, Paris and Amsterdam.” The article invites travelers to wander around the vast Independence Square before taking in the Museum of the Great...

MINSK, 17 July (BelTA) – Belarus is pushing for a broad framework of cooperation on international security and integration, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Andrei Yeudachenka said as he met with heads of diplomatic missions and consular agencies of Belarus on 17 July. Attending the meeting was First Deputy Premier Aleksandr Turchin, BelTA has learned. “Belarus keeps promoting a unifying agenda within the framework of international initiatives of the head of state....

MINSK, 10 July (BelTA) – The Belarusian automobile engineering company BelAZ intends to expand cooperation with key partners on the Indonesian market, BelAZ representatives told BelTA. The company became a platinum sponsor of the Coaltrans Asia conference, which took place in the Indonesian city of Nusa Dua in late June. BelAZ was represented by Belazia Pte Ltd, the official dealership of the Belarusian company in Southeast Asia. Agreements were reached on expanded-participation meetings...

MINSK, 25 June (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has addressed UN member states on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Belarus' liberation from the Nazi invasion, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A corresponding address was distributed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 24 June. The UN Headquarters hosted a commemorative event timed to the 75th anniversary of Belarus' liberation. Partaking in the event...

MINSK, 20 June (BelTA) – More than 2,000 people have already checked into the Athletes' Village set up for the 2nd European Games in Minsk, consultant of the Minsk European Games Organizing Committee (MEGOC) Narmina Aliyeva said during a media tour to the Athletes' Village on 19 June, BelTA has learned.“Over 2,000 people have already arrived. Athletes keep coming; we expect about 6,000 athletes and team members. Rooms and their occupancy rates meet all international standards; a canteen...

MINSK (BelTA) – Over 1,300 people will take part in the opening ceremony of the 2nd European Games in Minsk on 21 June, Olesya Rulkova, head of the department for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Minsk European Games Organizing Committee (MEGOC), said in the press center of the Belarus Segodnya publishing house, BelTA has learned. “The opening ceremony will be about Belarus and its history. The script has been written by professionals: Aleksandr Vavilov from Belarus and Aleksei...

Region

GOMEL, 3 September (BelTA) – American specialists intend to help Belarusian oil industry workers with reaching unconventional oil reservoirs. The idea was discussed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the petroleum consulting company Miller&Lents Robert Oberst visited Gomel, the press service of the Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft told BelTA. Possible cooperation may focus on hard-to-recover reserves such as reservoirs with extremely low permeability. American expertise can...

Gomel-born post-graduate student of the Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics Gennady Korotkevich has won the Code Jam World Finals, Google's global coding competition, in San Francisco, BelTA learned from the website of the university.
It was his sixth championship title at this prestigious event. According to the university, no one has ever managed to beat this record.
Code Jam has been held since 2003. Every year it calls on...

GOMEL, 29 July (BelTA) - Gomel Oblast plans to sign three agreements on regional cooperation with Uzbekistan regions at the 1st Forum of Regions of Belarus and Uzbekistan which will be held in Minsk on 29-30 July, the head of the foreign trade department of the economy committee at the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Alevtina Saranchuk told the media as Gomel Oblast is hosting a delegation of Xorazm Region of Uzbekistan, BelTA has learned. Gomel Oblast is set to develop cooperation in...

GOMEL, 11 July (BelTA) – The Chinese city of Huaian is interested in buying food products from Gomel, BelTA learned from Yao Xiaodong, a Counsellor for Economic Affairs of the Huaian People’s Government, after the Chinese city’s official delegation met with top officials of the Gomel City Executive Committee. Yao Xiaodong believes that Huaian and Gomel have a great potential for further advancing cooperation in various spheres. He stressed that Gomel-made foods are particularly...

GOMEL, 26 June (BelTA) – The Belarusian agricultural machinery manufacturer Gomselmash will ship a batch of completely knocked down kits worth over $1.5 million for assembling forage harvesters to China, the company’s press service told BelTA. The relevant contract was signed by representatives of OAO Gomselmash and the Belarusian-Chinese joint venture Chongqing Zongshen-Gomel Agricultural Machine Manufacture Company when a Belarusian delegation visited the city of Handan. The assembly...

GOMEL, 19 June (BelTA) – The Belarusian oil company Belorusneft has started introducing new digital systems to control oil extraction SKAD-3104-SKS in the Siberian asset of the company – OAO NK Yangpur, the Belarusian company’s press service told BelTA. The Siberian enterprise received 15 sets of the digital oil extraction control systems developed by Belorusneft’s engineering division BelNIPIneft. The product represents a new generation of hardware designed to control the operation...

GOMEL, 13 June (BelTA) – Belarusian specialists have drilled a new deep well within a record time – 3.5 months. It is unprecedented for the Ukrainian oil industry, the press service of the Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft told BelTA. The construction of well No.72 in the Semirenkovskoye gas condensate deposit began on 24 January. The well is 5.5km deep. The work was supposed to be done within 176 days. However, the well was ready within virtually 110 days – more than two months...

GOMEL, 5 June (BelTA) – Over a thousand local residents and tourists welcomed participants of the Flame of Peace torch relay of the 2nd European Games near the Ice Arena in Gomel, BelTA has learned. A welcoming address was delivered by Gomel Mayor Piotr Kirichenko. He wished the torch relay of the 2nd European Games a nice journey along the streets of Gomel. The torch was lit by the mayor jointly with Chairman of the Belarusian Mountaineering Federation Aleksandr Godlevsky, Belarus'...